Ontogeny of the capacity to compare discrete quantities in fish

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 529-536

  Miletto Petrazzini, Maria Elena ^a   Agrillo, Christian ^a   Piffer, Laura ^a   Bisazza, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Continuous quantities; Numerical competence; Poecilia reticulata

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COGNITION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTINUOUS QUANTITIES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GUPPY; NUMERICAL COMPETENCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POECILIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL COGNITION; CONTINUOUS QUANTITIES; NUMERICAL COMPETENCE; POECILIA RETICULATA;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; POECILIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84897671009     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21122     Document Type: Article

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